Finish the following sentence... If Al Gore were president...

[The Night Owl]

If Al Gore were president, all the US soldiers and Iraqis killed in Bush's Iraq adventure would be alive today.

Mind-blowing to think about it, isn't it?

[Options Remain]

1. 911 would not have happened.

n/t

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

9. It probably would, but the surviving perpetrators would've been nailed. nt

[baldguy]

41. Gore would have kept the anti-terrorism infrastructure we had in place

that foiled the Millennium bomb plot, instead of ignoring them, forcing them to resign & firing them.

9/11 would NOT have happened.

[Zorra]

27. I agree. The republicans were totally unprepared for 9/11. They

refused to recognize al Qaeda for the threat it was. They were drunk with power after stealing the election and failed to make a timely transition from the Clinton administration.

Bin Laden and al Qaeda were quite aware of this fact. That is precisely why they attacked when they did.

Al Gore would have made a smooth and rapid administrative transition. Al Qaeda knew this also.

So they were very pleased when Bu*h stole the election. They knew they would easily be able to launch a successful attack against such an inept and incompetent administration, and they did.

[SammyWinstonJack]

52. I truly believe that also. nt

[helderheid]

58. Absolutely AGREED. Republicans are soft on terrorism.

[johnaries]

2. he wouldn't have ignored the august PDB, and the Twin Towers

would still be standing and there would be no 9/11 widows.

[blm]

3. he would have immediately read the HartRudman Report on Global Terror

when it was handed to him on Jan 30, 2001, and implemented its urgent proposals for Homeland Security. No 9-11 scale attack would have happened.

[whistle]

8. we would either be driving electric high-breads or Smart cars,

...the nation would be building an intra and interstate mass transit system based on magnetic levitation trains, cold fusion electrical generation would be a reality, the federal debt would be two thirds paid off, America's standard of living would have advanced to almost total elimination of poverty and hunger, America would have a national health care insurance program for everyone and the republican party would have all but disappeared.:yoiks:

[MysteryToMyself]

38. Fox News would have good news stories to tell, but....

they wouldn't tell them. They would show more murdered white women. And praise the Republicans.

Instead of blaming Clinton for Bush's failures, if Gore were president Fox would give Bush the credit for all Gore did.

[Rosemary2205]

4. We'd still have those CIA people who quit post Iraq invasion.

[madokie]

5. nothing of the last 5 and 1/2 years would have happened

gutting of or social programs, tax cuts wouldn't have happened, at least until the debt was paid off and it would have under the policies of an Al Gore Administration. the only problem with all this is I have to come back to reality and face the music of now.

[Frustratedlady]

6. Life would be wonderful!!!

I wouldn't have to apologize to my grandkids for the horrid world I'm leaving them, and we wouldn't be banging our heads against the wall at all the incredible events that we have before us, today.

Just think of all the citizens of the world who would still be living.

[MysteryToMyself]

28. More of the world would be living and living better

No telling how many were killed in Lebanon. We don't count the "enemy" deaths and the "enemy" won't tell.

[MrModerate]

7. . . . the Kyoto Accord would be seen as the first step . . .

toward a solution to global warning.

With regard to 9/11, I think there's chance we could have avoided it -- but only a chance. Much as I hate to agree with Condaleeza Rice, most people DIDN'T imagine using airplanes as missles. And yes, I know it had been speculated on by intelligence types and antiterrorist experts, but the idea really didn't have much traction even in those communities.

With regard to Iraq, absolutely yes. We would never have invaded. I'm far from sure that Gore would have bothered to take out the Taliban post-9/11 -- more likely a "tough shit Mr. Musharraf" quasi-invasion of Pakistan to squash bin Laden.

[Jamastiene]

10. I would be looking into earning a Bachelor's Degree

after I get my Associate's Degree. I would have the confidence that I could possibly get a damn job after graduating AND continue my education.

As it is right now, I wonder if the Pell Grant will stay in effect until I graduate. Or if Chimpy will change the rules even more so you have to be at least this rich in order to get the grants for a higher education at all. I'm already taking cut after cut in the amount it will cover for me to go to a dinky little community college while the gas prices to get back and forth just the 15 miles to school is costing more and more.

If Al Gore was president, I would be able to use the Pell Grant and probably other educational incentives to become a teacher (community college, not K-12) or anything else I wanted to become. As it stands now, I'll be lucky to get a 2 year degree at all, much less try for a 4 year degree. And I'll be lucky if I can find a damn job at all.

Damn Bush and the silver spoon he was born sucking. :thumbsdown:

[rawtribe]

11. The BFEE

would handle the "problem" Lieberman would be prez and thing would unfold much the same.

:silly:

[peace13]

12. I would not have this hopeless feeling! Peace, Kim

[abluelady]

13. My House Wouldn't Be So Filthy

I would have more time and energy to just enjoy life!

[MysteryToMyself]

25. The deficit would be paid down or off

[Catherine Vincent]

14. The terrorism on Sept. 11, 2001 would have been thwarted.

n/t

[Straight Shooter]

15. The angels would not be weeping. n/t

[etherealtruth]

16. ... the U.S. government would NOT have lost ...

... every competent scientist it ever had / or likely to have.

Science would be directed by scientists and not half witted politicos.

Oh ... I wouldn't be embarrassed every time the POTUS spoke.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

17. English would be back in style.

[MysteryToMyself]

34. Instead of lowering our standard of living

he would have raised the world's standard of living.

[patricia92243]

50. This says it all. n/t

[SammyWinstonJack]

54. Yes Indeed! NT

[gauguin57]

18. The world would be less unstable, and environmental damage would

be on the road to reversal.

[William769]

19. ...I would be sleeping better at night.

[MysteryToMyself]

35. Gore would have kicked Lieberman's Arse

when he mentioned getting Saddam.

[Swamp Rat]

20. Many of my friends and fellow citizens would still be alive in New Orleans

[Dogmudgeon]

21. ... we would be blaming him for EVERYTHING

Yes, even us DUers.

We'd be blaming him for persuading the UN to occupy Iraq and the 73 deaths it caused in the past three years -- the war-monger!

We'd be up his keester for his fiscally irresponsible $100 million Omnibus Anti-Terror Plan, and for spending all our hard-earned Taxpayer's Dollars™ fighting Osambu al-Laden, or whatever his name is, a man who's always been a good friend to our country.

We'd be up in arms over the NSDI (New Space Development Initiative), which would undertake to build a model city with a university (for uncool computer geeks, no doubt) on the Moon by 2015 and launch an international expedition to Mars by 2020. Why, it delayed our latest tax cut, damn it!

We'd be outraged that the 2001 Medical Treatment Rights Act didn't just give all Americans free access to health care, but also allowed those quack Osteopaths to practice! Algore loves pseudoscience! Algore hates Peer Review™!

We'd be ready to lynch him for refusing to completely dismantle the military, even though the GOP didn't like his 80% military budget cut.

We'd be calling for blood over his Energy Diversification Program. What's wrong with oil, anyway? The EDP is just a massive Corporado give-away!

We'd be making fun of him for being ... wooden!

We'd be howling about how he forced the computer code for all those voting machines to be Open Source like Linux ... my Conscience isn't for public inspection!

We'd be calling for his impeachment over the 2002 Higher Education Access Act that made college education free to all Americans -- even those damn Puerto Ricans! And to hell with his Bilingual Initiative to make 10% of all American kids in the class of 2020 functionally bilingual! TO ARMS!

And we can't forget the worst indignity of all -- Tipper put warning labels on The Music! IT SHALL NOT STAND!

--p!
Alternative Universes -- just like Alternative Energy, only they actually exist.

[lisainmilo]

22. The whole world would be a better place!

:-)

[MysteryToMyself]

23. Social Security would be in a lock box

safe from the pork stained hands of the Bushites.

[Initech]

24. 9/11 probably would not have happened, but if it did...

Osama would have been caught by now, and we would not be in Iraq. All our focus would be on Afghanistan.

[nansocal]

26. The World....

would be a better and safer place.

[The Night Owl]

29. Of course, on the downside, if Al Gore were president...

Of course, on the downside, if Al Gore were president, no An Inconvenient Truth and no hilarious Bushisms to laugh at.

[Jeroen]

30. "An Inconvenient Truth" would have been policy

[lse7581011]

31. I Could Fly My Flag Again!

and be proud to do so!

[MysteryToMyself]

32. Medicare would not be teetering on Bankrutpcy

He wouldn't have thrown our health care to market forces. He wouldn't have squandered our surplus in Medicare Part A or B.

[BlooInBloo]

33. Sigh.... I can't even begin... What's already stated is just the tip...

... of the iceberg-of-goodness that would've been possible....

[Vinca]

36. the country wouldn't be circling the bowl.

[ThatsMyBarack]

37. More GLBT couples....

....would be happily married (to each other)!

[tiptoe]

39. ...Lieberman would be Vice President (...and whatever that would mean).

[MysteryToMyself]

45. That would mean that Al would have to keep Joe in a lock box

once he realized Joe was a DINO republican.

[terrya]

40. We would not have the Patriot Act

Because 09/11 would not have happened in the first place.

[stepnw1f]

42. George Would Have Had A Breakdown

and you can guess the rest...

[MysteryToMyself]

43. Our government wouldn't be spying on us without a warrant

If certain words or banking actions set off the high tech spy machine alarm, he would have had one group spying while the lawyers presented the reason to the courts. They have plenty of spies and lawyers. It isn't an "either-or" situation.

Bush/Cheney don't have to hand carry a warrant to the judge. For Pete's sake!

[Uncle Joe]

44. See the classic "It's A Wonderful Life" for details.

We are currently living in Pottersville only difference is Cheney makes Old Man Potter look warm and fuzzy.

[lies and propaganda]

46. the after affects of the whore Katrina

wouldnt have existed. Period.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

47. We wouldn't have to worry about airplanes being blown up by terrorists

Because we could all fly by pig, instead.

"If only..." is almost never a game worth playing.

[MysteryToMyself]

49. Our statements are closer to reality than you might think

Gore would have done right by us and the countries overseas. Therefore we would have less terrorism. Gore wasn't threatening to other countries.

He would have appointed someone that would have known "Osama wants to drive planes into US buildings" called for higher protection. (That wasn't exactly what was in the report, but close.)

He would have appointed ambassadors that wanted peace, not war. He would have used diplomacy instead of ignoring the tensions in the Mid East. He wouldn't have invaded Iraq. He would have stopped the Lebanon/Israel war.

Excuse me, I am not usually a blog hog. It is just so much fun to dream with your eyes open and it gives a little hope for the future. This is all about what could have-should have been. It is almost magical. You have to know what you want before you can go get it.

[MysteryToMyself]

48. California and the rest of the west wouldn't keep burning every year

We would have had systems installed to contain the fires or strips of land converted to be used as fire breaks or both.

[deaniac21]

51. I dare say we would have achieved becoming the Big Rock Candy

Mountain.....

One evening as the sun went down and the jungle fire was burning
Down the track came a hobo hiking and he said boys I'm not turning
I'm headin for a land that's far away beside the crystal fountains
So come with me we'll go and see the Big Rock Candy Mountains

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains there's a land that's fair and bright
Where the handouts grow on bushes and you sleep out every night
Where the boxcars are all empty and the sun shines every day
On the birds and the bees and the cigarette trees
Where the lemonade springs where the bluebird sings
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains all the cops have wooden legs
And the bulldogs all have rubber teeth and the hens lay soft boiled eggs
The farmer's trees are full of fruit and the barns are full of hay
Oh, I'm bound to go where there ain't no snow
Where the rain don't fall and the wind don't blow
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains you never change your socks
And the little streams of alcohol come a-trickling down the rocks
The brakemen have to tip their hats and the railroad bulls are blind
There's a lake of stew and of whiskey too
You can paddle all around 'em in a big canoe
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains the jails are made of tin
And you can walk right out again as soon as you are in
There ain't no short handled shovels, no axes saws or picks
I'm a goin to stay where you sleep all day
Where they hung the jerk that invented work
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

I'll see you all this coming fall in the Big Rock Candy Mountains

[EstimatedProphet]

53. If AL Gore were president, this would still be a decent country

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

55. If Al Gore Were President, DU Would Never Have Existed.

Kind of a bittersweet realization, ain't it?

[deaniac21]

56. and Joe Lieberman would be Vice President.

:evilgrin:

[Yupster]

57. Then Joe Lieberman would be VP

unless he was canned for the second term.

[Beelzebud]

59. Joe Lieberman would have been our Neo-Conservative VP.

[grace0418]

60. Well, he is president. There just happens to be some asshole

who staged what amounts to a coup.